Muslim Community Lobby Ireland is an independent organization established 1st May 2007. Its motto is TO USE THE VOTE RIGHTLY AND TO RAISE THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY AWARNESS WITH THEIR RIGHTS AND TO PROMOTE TOLERANCE AND UNDERSTANDING OF OTHER EXISTING GROUPS. لترشيد استعمال الصوت الانتخابي ولتوعية وتعريف المسلمين بحقوقهم في ايرلندا وان يعيشوا بتفهم للواقع وللجماعات الاخرى الموجودة على الساحة

Monday, October 29, 2007

Ancient Qur'an sells for more than US$2.3 million

Ancient Qur'an sells for more than US$2.3 million
Updated Wed. Oct. 24 2007 8:12 AM ET
The Associated Press
LONDON -- A Qur'an written in 1203, believed to be the oldest known complete copy, has sold for more than $2.3 million at an auction.
The holy book, which had been estimated to sell for up to US$715,000, fetched US$2,327,300 at Tuesday's auction in London , Christie's said.
That was a record auction price for a Qur'an or any type of Islamic manuscript, the auctioneer Christie's said.
A nearly complete, 10th-century Kufic Qur'an, thought to be from North Africa or the near East, sold for US$1,870,000.
Both were offered for sale by the Hispanic Society of America, and were purchased by trade buyers in London , Christie's said.
The record-setting Qur'an was signed by Yahya bin Muhammad ibn 'Umar, dated 17 Ramadan 599 (June 1203).
It was acquired in Cairo in 1905 by Archer Milton Huntington, who founded the Hispanic Society in New York City in 1904. Huntington, the adopted son of railroad and ship-building magnate Collis P. Huntington, died in 1955.
The calligraphy in the manuscript was done in gold outlined in thin black lines, and the marginal notes are in silver outlined in red.
The kufic Qur'an bridges a gap between the earlier style, copied on parchment of horizontal format, and the later style of vertical composition, often on paper, Christie's catalog said.
The kufic script takes its name from Kufah in Iraq , an early center of Islamic scholarship, according to the British Library.
Because the script's vertical strokes were very short but the horizontal strokes elongated, it was written on papers in a landscape format.


Karen Banuga
Administrative Officer
ACC Adult Collegiate

Thursday, October 11, 2007

Eid Mubarak


The Muslim Lobby
Congratulates the Muslim Community in Ireland and the whole world for the coming of the Eid



Eid Mubarak

May the Eid bring you prosperity and many good returns


كل عام وانتم بخير وصحة جيدة

Eid Starts 13 Oct 2007